TY - JOUR
T1 - Introduction to the special issue
T2 - Planetary geomorphology
AU - Burr, Devon M.
AU - Howard, Alan D.
N1 - Funding Information:
The symposium was financed through a grant from the National Science Foundation's Geography and Spatial Sciences (SBE/BCS/GSS) and Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics (GEO/EAR/GLD) programs (# 1349223 ). The University of Tennessee Knoxville provides assistance with website development (through the College of Arts and Sciences, Office of Communications) and participant support activities (through UT Conference Services).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/7/1
Y1 - 2015/7/1
N2 - Planetary geomorphology is the study of extraterrestrial landscapes. In recognition of the promise for productive interaction between terrestrial and planetary geomorphologists, the 45th annual Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium (BGS) focused on Planetary Geomorphology. The aim of the symposium was to bring planetary and terrestrial geomorphologists together for symbiotic and synthetic interactions that would enrich both subdisciplines. In acknowledgment of the crucial role of terrestrial field work in planetary geomorphology and of the BGS tradition, the symposium began with a field trip to the Appalachian Mountains, followed by a dinner talk of recent results from the Mars Surface Laboratory. On Saturday and Sunday, the symposium was organized around major themes in planetary geomorphology, starting with the geomorphic processes that are most common in our Solar System-impact cratering, tectonism, volcanism-to set the stage for other geomorphic processes, including aeolian, fluvial, lacustrine, and glacial/polar. On Saturday evening, the banquet talk provided an historical overview of planetary geomorphology, including its roots in the terrestrial geosciences. The symposium concluded with a full-afternoon tutorial on planetary geomorphologic datasets. This special issue of Geomorphology consists of papers by invited authors from the 2014 BGS, and this introduction provides some context for these papers.
AB - Planetary geomorphology is the study of extraterrestrial landscapes. In recognition of the promise for productive interaction between terrestrial and planetary geomorphologists, the 45th annual Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium (BGS) focused on Planetary Geomorphology. The aim of the symposium was to bring planetary and terrestrial geomorphologists together for symbiotic and synthetic interactions that would enrich both subdisciplines. In acknowledgment of the crucial role of terrestrial field work in planetary geomorphology and of the BGS tradition, the symposium began with a field trip to the Appalachian Mountains, followed by a dinner talk of recent results from the Mars Surface Laboratory. On Saturday and Sunday, the symposium was organized around major themes in planetary geomorphology, starting with the geomorphic processes that are most common in our Solar System-impact cratering, tectonism, volcanism-to set the stage for other geomorphic processes, including aeolian, fluvial, lacustrine, and glacial/polar. On Saturday evening, the banquet talk provided an historical overview of planetary geomorphology, including its roots in the terrestrial geosciences. The symposium concluded with a full-afternoon tutorial on planetary geomorphologic datasets. This special issue of Geomorphology consists of papers by invited authors from the 2014 BGS, and this introduction provides some context for these papers.
KW - Appalachian Mountains
KW - Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium
KW - Landscapes
KW - Planetary geomorphology
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U2 - 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.11.015
DO - 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.11.015
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:84939943904
SN - 0169-555X
VL - 240
SP - 1
EP - 7
JO - Geomorphology
JF - Geomorphology
ER -